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  Revolt of the Praetorians

  La Rivolta dei Pretoriani

  Drama / History / Peplum

  1964 - 95 mn - Italy

  
  
  

Directors: Alfonso Brescia

Actors: Richard Harrison, Giuliano Gemma, Moira Orfei, Piero Lulli, Aldo Cecconi, Salvatore Furnari, Renato Montalbano

Synopsis:
Rome chafes under the rule of the Emperor Domitian and his Egyptian mistress, Artamne. A mysterious champion arises to fight against the Emperor -- a masked man known as the Red Wolf. In fact, the Red Wolf is Valerius Rufus, one of the Emperor's trusted centurions who's aided by none other than the Emperor's court jester, the diminutive Elpidion. Rebels in league with Valerius kidnap Artamne, planning to exchange her for two of their imprisoned colleagues, but Artamne escapes and soon both Valerius, (now exposed as the Red Wolf), and his fiancee, Lucilla, are sentenced to be immersed in a cauldron of molten lead. Valerius's friends, however, rise up to rescue him and to liberate Rome.